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WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

BBC News -- The French agriculture ministry has told shops to withdraw some Italian mozzarella cheese from sale amid a scare over dioxin contamination. The affected cheese is made from buffalo milk in the Campania region, near Naples. Dioxins, which can cause c.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 9:45am mrmdc

Ananova -- Switzerland's Agriculture Ministry has called on the country's farmers to stop feeding their cows cannabis. Several recent adverts have promoted feeding hemp to farm animals even after a March 2005 law banning its use. The Agriculture Ministry has n.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to seize an "historic opportunity to revitalise agriculture" as a way of tackling the food crisis. Mr Ban told a UN-sponsored summit in Rome that food production would have to rise by 50% by 2030 to me.. Read More